Poll: Kerry Could Beat Bush

Newsmax.com ^ | 01-25-04 | PR Newswire

[Theodore R.]

Columnist Robert D.S. Novak said on CNN's "Capital Gang" Saturday that Bush has made an "inauspicious beginning" for a reelection campaign. Novak said the State of the Union address was unimpressive, a laundry list of government spending, and he stressed that Bush has not satisfied conservatives, particularly on the "gay marriage" issue.

[mewzilla]

The Newsweek poll, which came out just in time to reassure NH Dems how electable Ketchup Boy is, is a crock. The poll didn't even ask registered or likely voters, just warm bodies. Ask yourself why Newsweek did a poll that way...

[goldstategop]

If America is ready to elect its first French-looking President, we should apply for France to annex us.

[Jim Noble]

Good thing the election isn't for ten and a half months...

I think polls should be banned.

The reality is, politicians all hate elections. The thought that mere civilians, ones with dirty hands at that, can cause their matchless life to come to an end by such a crude tool as voting is just...just...unthinkable.

So, they prefer a contest in which the outcome is fixed.

How to do it?

Run elections like they were sporting events, with teams. Encourage voters to "pick their team" before they know anything about the candidates, by constant polling.

Use their friends in the media to push, "Who's ahead?"

Of course, the only relevant endpoint is who is ahead after all the votes are counted on November 2-3, 2004, and who has 271 electoral votes as a result.

The rest of this is meaningless garbage.

[C210N]

"unimpressive" due to laundry list of govt spending?

I thought it was more "unimpressive" to a typical lib due to a list of initiatives that don't involve much govt spending.

[cynicom]

Partisan pubs bought the Newsweek polls that showed Bush in the lead. When they change, the polls become hatchet jobs.

[elhombrelibre]

Ask yourself this, how bad will it be to run against a man who is nearly Ted Kennedy? How many flip flops will Kerry have made by the time he must face Bush? How many dumb things will be exposed about him now that he is the front runner by his Democratic foes? How many times in the last 50 years has a Northern liberal won the White House? Don't go wobbly, folks. When the choices are Bush a known quantity and Kerry a soon to be known quantity, people will vote for Bush and he'll win.

[InvisibleChurch]

W in a romp

[steve50]

I've seen the talking heads pushing the line that Kerry may be electible since Iowa. The press seems to want a Bush vs Kerry ticket.

[dakine]

Maybe having a "D" president with an "R" Congress will cause some gridlock in D.C. and stop all the outrageous spending...
That's how I am starting to think....

[SMGFan]

You mean the election is in nine months and one week.

[AD from SpringBay]

Otherwise, it would be kinda hard to sell newspapers. Gotta have a close race boys!

[the invisib1e hand]

Kerry could beat Bush

won't happen.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Neither Bush nor his supporters should be over confident here, but at the same time, it is typical at this point in an election year for the opposition party's frontrunner to poll better than the incumbant.

This is probably because the frontrunner is the benefictiary of favorable press, his record has not been particularly well scrutinized and he is a relatively fresh face, compared to the incumbant (in this case most definiately only figuratively).

Wait until September before the polls, good or bad for the president, are more reflective of actual sentiment and,t herefore, really matter.

[Common Tator]

Novak wrote a column about n 1984 saying Ronald Reagan was in big trouble. Novak's July 1984 column said Walter Mondale was leading Reagan by 20 points.

Of course on election day 1984 Reagan won 49 states including Massachusetts.

Why did the Clinton News Network hire Novak?

Because Novak is a registered Democrat in real life who plays an inept conservative in newspapers and on TV.

[Neets]

They did a poll that way to nudge the NH voters to give Kerry the Nom.....

[billva]

Kerry should revel in the news. He could well get the nomination.

Getting elected is quite another proposition. As said I don't have a lot of faith in this poll. I used to believe polls are unbiased. I'm no longer so naive.

Also Kerry will not be running against the pitiful Democratic candidates that he is now and a lot of his baggage will come out.

Unless there is a real bad turn in Iraq, or the economy goes into the tank, Bush wins.

[Theodore R.]

Maybe having a "D" president with an "R" Congress will cause some gridlock in D.C. and stop all the outrageous spending...

But what about the judicial nominees?

[pepperdog]

My goodness, how things can change while one sleeps. Just last night I read that Dean was making a comeback, now Kerry is the Dems fearless leader. I think the pollsters are using soap opera writers just to keep their names in the headlines. Where is poor Deanie now?

[Theodore R.]

Novak still said that he is for Bush because of tax cuts. He is for anybody who supports any tax cuts, he said.